Triple race angular contact bearing
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsBrian Lee, Carsten Ohr
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Abstract
A rolling bearing assembly including an intermediate bearing ring is provided. The rolling bearing assembly includes an inner bearing ring including at least one axial end configured to be supported on a first component, and an outer bearing ring including at least one axial end configured to be supported on a second component. The intermediate bearing ring is arranged between the inner bearing ring and the outer bearing ring and includes at least one axial end configured to be supported on a third component. The at least one axial end of the intermediate bearing ring extends in an axial direction past at least one of the at least one axial end of the inner bearing ring or the at least one axial end of the outer bearing ring.
Claims7
A differential assembly including a rolling bearing assembly, the rolling bearing assembly comprising:
- an inner bearing ring including at least one axial end configured to be supported on a first component;
- an outer bearing ring including at least one axial end configured to be supported on a second component;
- an intermediate bearing ring including at least one axial end configured to be supported on a third component, wherein the at least one axial end of the intermediate bearing ring extends in an axial direction past at least one of the at least one axial end of the inner bearing ring or the at least one axial end of the outer bearing ring;
- a first row of rolling elements supported between the inner bearing ring and the intermediate bearing ring, the inner bearing ring includes a radially inner race on which the first row of rolling elements run, and the intermediate bearing ring includes a radially outer race on which the first row of rolling elements run;
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- a second row of rolling elements supported between the outer bearing ring and the intermediate bearing ring, the outer bearing ring includes a radially outer race on which the second row of rolling elements run, and the intermediate bearing ring includes a radially inner race on which the second row of rolling elements run,
- wherein the first component is an output shaft, the second component is a carrier plate, and the third component is a transmission housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.